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"Six-Country Initiative" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
六国倡议 liù guó chàng yì Six-Country Initiative
Chinese Pinyin Translation
我国 我國 wǒ guó my country / our country syn
各国 各國 gè guó each country / every country / various countries syn
主动权 主動權 zhǔ dòng quán initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
土包子 tǔ bāo zi country bumpkin / boor / unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) / burial mound syn
六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn
国情 國情 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country
象形 xiàng xíng pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn
四十六 sì shí liù forty six / 46
会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn
侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards / (also an official title in earlier dynasties)
半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn
过五关斩六将 過五關斬六將 guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
富国 富國 fù guó rich country / make the country wealthy (political slogan) syn
六经 六經 liù jīng Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1] syn
闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn
六合彩 liù hé cǎi Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game)
六方会谈 六方會談 liù fāng huì tán six-sided talks (on North Korea)
六家 liù jiā Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈[Si1 ma3 Tan2] (儒家[Ru2 jia1], 道家[Dao4 jia1], 陰陽|阴阳[yin1 yang2], 法家[Fa3 jia1], 名家[Ming2 jia1], and 墨家[Mo4 jia1])
六朝 liù cháo Six Dynasties (220-589)
乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre)
六点半 六點半 liù diǎn bàn half past six / 6:30
六神 liù shén the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3])
姜子牙 薑子牙 jiāng zǐ yá Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
造字 zào zì to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
韬略 韜略 tāo lüè military strategy / military tactics / originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4] syn
谭嗣同 譚嗣同 tán sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
六艺 六藝 liù yì the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4]) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]
六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog syn
六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn
六 liù six / 6 syn
陆 陸 liù six (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn
五脏六腑 五臟六腑 wǔ zàng liù fǔ five viscera and six bowels (TCM) syn
象形字 xiàng xíng zì pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
形声 形聲 xíng shēng ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
产褥期 產褥期 chǎn rù qī postnatal period / puerperium (period of six weeks after childbirth)
六书 六書 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
顾恺之 顧愷之 gù kǎi zhī Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
六腑 liù fǔ (TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽|胆[dan3], stomach 胃[wei4], large intestine 大腸|大肠[da4chang2], small intestine 小腸|小肠[xiao3chang2], triple heater 三焦[san1jiao1], bladder 膀胱[pang2guang1] syn
圩 xū (dialect) country fair / country market syn
国家 國家 guó jiā country / nation / state / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
总统 總統 zǒng tǒng president (of a country) / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4] syn
掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency syn
国 國 guó country / nation / state / (bound form) national syn
主动 主動 zhǔ dòng to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4] / drive (of gears and shafts etc) syn
民 mín (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country syn
统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime syn
各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country) / various regions syn
国土 國土 guó tǔ country's territory / national land syn
北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn
外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn
宪法 憲法 xiàn fǎ constitution (of a country) / CL:部[bu4] syn
国内 國內 guó nèi domestic / internal (to a country) / civil syn
发起 發起 fā qǐ to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time) syn
国度 國度 guó dù country / nation syn
出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country syn
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn
爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country / patriotic syn
国旗 國旗 guó qí flag (of a country) / CL:面[mian4]
环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) syn
本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn
出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
眷顾 眷顧 juàn gù to care for / to show concern for / to think longingly (of one's country) syn
入境 rù jìng to enter a country
定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence syn
外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is syn
回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country
斐济 斐濟 fěi jì Fiji, country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
乡下人 鄉下人 xiāng xià rén country folk / rustic / rural folk syn
境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn
乔治亚 喬治亞 qiáo zhì yà (Tw) Georgia, US state / (Tw) Georgia (country)
乡间 鄉間 xiāng jiān in the country / rural / pastoral syn
山地 shān dì mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country
全民 quán mín entire population (of a country) syn
本国 本國 běn guó one's own country syn
巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn
京都 jīng dū capital (of a country) syn
越野 yuè yě cross country
内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country)
贵国 貴國 guì guó your distinguished country
过境 過境 guò jìng to pass through a country's territory / transit syn
公私 gōng sī public and private (interests, initiative etc) syn
总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn
出逃 chū táo to run away / to flee (the country) syn
先发制人 先發制人 xiān fā zhì rén (idiom) to gain the initiative by striking first / to preempt syn
率先 shuài xiān to take the lead / to show initiative syn
江山 jiāng shān rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power syn
原野 yuán yě plain / open country syn
进取 進取 jìn qǔ to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda syn
守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative syn
境外 jìng wài outside (a country's) borders
召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
越境 yuè jìng to cross a border (usually illegally) / to sneak in or out of a country
建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn
无所作为 無所作為 wú suǒ zuò wéi attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom) / without any initiative or drive / feckless syn
敌国 敵國 dí guó enemy country
进取心 進取心 jìn qǔ xīn enterprising spirit / initiative syn
大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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